It appears Evander Kane will miss the remainder of the Winnipeg Jets’ homestand.

The left-winger has missed the past four games with a lower-body injury he sustained in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Nov. 29 and Kane isn’t expected to return to action on Thursday against the Colorado Avalanche or Saturday against the Dallas Stars.

“You know what, he’s more than day-to-day because he hasn’t skated with us for a while” said Jets head coach Claude Noel. “We were hoping that, by this point, it would be moving along. We’re just kind of doing our due diligence. It’s coming along slower than we anticipated.

“So, he’s not a player in the next few games, I don’t anticipate, not until he comes back and skates with us. I can’t go into much more detail than that.”

Kane, who has seven goals and 14 points in 26 games this season, hasn’t skated since testing it out last Friday in Tampa.

Right-winger Devin Setoguchi missed Wednesday’s workout for maintenance purposes but Noel said he would be available for Thursday’s game.

Meanwhile, Noel provided some clarification on the status of defenceman Zach Bogosian, noting he hasn’t skated for the past week or so because of a “flu-like thing” and is probably a couple of weeks away from returning to game action.

Earlier this week, Noel said Bogosian had hit a bump in the road but not a setback with the groin injury he sustained on Nov. 15 and this explanation sheds a little more light on the situation.

Jets defenceman Paul Postma (blood clot in his leg) has been skating without contact and will be re-assessed again in mid-January, while centre Jim Slater (sports hernia) is likely out longer than that.

The Jets (14-14-4) have struggled against Central Division opponents this season, going 3-10-2 against them, while the Avalanche (20-9 under head coach Patrick Roy) are 7-3 within the division so far.

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Jets’ Kane to miss more time

It appears Evander Kane will miss the remainder of the Winnipeg Jets’ homestand.

The left-winger has missed the past four games with a lower-body injury he sustained in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Nov. 29 and Kane isn’t expected to return to action on Thursday against the Colorado Avalanche or Saturday against the Dallas Stars.

“You know what, he’s more than day-to-day because he hasn’t skated with us for a while” said Jets head coach Claude Noel. “We were hoping that, by this point, it would be moving along. We’re just kind of doing our due diligence. It’s coming along slower than we anticipated.

“So, he’s not a player in the next few games, I don’t anticipate, not until he comes back and skates with us. I can’t go into much more detail than that.”

Kane, who has seven goals and 14 points in 26 games this season, hasn’t skated since testing it out last Friday in Tampa.